2025

Rubin JJ, Campbell CJ, Carvalho APS, St. Laurent RA, Crespo GI°, Pierson TL°, Guralnick RP, Kawahara AY (2025). Strong bat predation and weak environmental constraints predict longer moth tails. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. DOI, data & code

Evans-Blake C°, Rubin JJ, Somjee U (2025). Flag-waving behavior in matador bugs is an anti-predator strategy. Current Zoology.

2024

Rubin JJ, Medina-Madrid JL, Falk JJ, Somjee U (2024). The matador bug’s elaborate flags deter avian predators. Behavioral Ecology. DOI, data & code

Gough H, Rubin JJ, Kawahara AY, Barber JR (2024). Tiger beetles produce anti-bat ultrasound and are probable Batesian moth mimics. Biology Letters. DOI

2023

Rubin JJ & Kawahara AY (2023). A framework for understanding post-detection deception in predator-prey interactions. PeerJ. DOI

Rubin JJ & Kawahara AY (2023). Sexual selection does not drive hindwing tail elaboration in a moon moth. Behavioral Ecology. DOI, data & code

Rubin JJ, Martin NW, Sieving K, Kawahara AY (2023). Testing diurnal tradeoffs of the moon moth’s nocturnally adaptive tail. Biology Letters. DOI, data & code

2022

Longbottom C, Falk JJ, Greenway EV, Johnson MG, Ramos C, Robler DC, Rubin JJ, Somjee U (2022). Why does the matador bug, Anisoscelis alipes (Hemiptera: Coreidae), wave its brightly colored legs? Journal of Insect Behavior. DOI

Barber JR, Plotkin D, Rubin JJ, Homziak NT, Leavell BC, Houlihan P, Miner KA, Breinholt JW, Quirk-Royal B, Padron PS, Nunez M, Kawahara AY (2022). Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread. PNAS. DOI, data & code

Rubin JJ (2022). Darwin’s hawkmoth (Xanthopan praedicta) responds to bat ultrasound at sonar-jamming rates. Biotropica. DOI

Hendrick LK, Somjee U, Rubin JJ, Kawahara AY (2022). A review of false heads in Lycaenid butterflies. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. DOI

Hamilton CA, Winiger N, Rubin JJ, Breinholt J, Rodolphe R, Kitching IJ, Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2022). Evolution of body size and wing shape trade-offs in arsenurine silkmoths. Systematic Biology. DOI

2021

Sedlock JL, Gomes DGE, Rubin JJ, Woody S, Hadi BAR, Barber JR (2021). A phantom ultrasonic insect chorus repels low-flying bats, but most are undeterred. Functional Ecology. DOI

Allen LC, Hristov NI, Rubin JJ, Lightsey JT, Barber JR (2021). Noise distracts foraging bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. DOI, data & code

2018

Rubin JJ⁑, Hamilton CA⁑, McClure CJW, Chadwell BD, Kawahara AY, Barber JR (2018). The evolution of anti-bat sensory illusions in moths. Science Advances. DOI, data & code

Leavell BC, Rubin JJ, McClure CJW, Miner KA, Branham MA, Barber JR (2018). Fireflies thwart bat attack with multisensory warning. Science Advances. DOI